Why do young batting stars lack style and class?

[Bhaijaan]

You have Rahul, Babar who have class.

But then you have ugly batsmen (from a viewers POV, with all due respect) like :-

Labuschagne
Creepy Crawly
Smith

The upcoming breed of batsmen are effective but they are not elegant or stylish.

When we were kids we looked up to Azhar bhai, Saeed bhai, Mark bhai, Marvan bhai, Brian bhai who all had a lot of class.

 

[therealAB]

Crawley reasonably elegant to me. Labu isn't inelegant either
Players are in general coached to be textbook, so we don't get extremely wrist players, especially from the white nations.
While I agree they lack style, I wouldn't say they lack class, that is merely a function of how good one is

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Because they’re focused on scoring runs and being effective than looking elegant and being useless... duh

 

[King_Kohli]

Influence of T20 cricket.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Crawley reasonably elegant to me. Labu isn't inelegant either
Players are in general coached to be textbook, so we don't get extremely wrist players, especially from the white nations.
While I agree they lack style, I wouldn't say they lack class, that is merely a function of how good one is

Real bro, I grew up watching Mark bhai, Damien bhai, Gilchrist bhai. Class is class

 

[Energy]

More technical less flair? The Big3 have taken cricket to a whole new level with insights, innovation, planning. Rest of the world is just playing catch up.

 

[therealAB]

Real bro, I grew up watching Mark bhai, Damien bhai, Gilchrist bhai. Class is class

For me class is how good one is, and distinct from Style. In that way Smith is classier than Shaun Marsh despite being less stylish

 

[Bhaijaan]

For me class is how good one is, and distinct from Style. In that way Smith is classier than Shaun Marsh despite being less stylish

I understand you now.

In that case, i am talking particularly about style and elegance.

 

[Bhaijaan]

More technical less flair? The Big3 have taken cricket to a whole new level with insights, innovation, planning. Rest of the world is just playing catch up.

It seems so.

Too much emphasis on output than on style.

It is also why modern day cars look so ugly but see how efficient they are compared to better looking old cars.

 

[therealAB]

I understand you now.

In that case, i am talking particularly about style and elegance.

Ok, I definitely agree with that

 

[Energy]

It seems so.

Too much emphasis on output than on style.

It is also why modern day cars look so ugly but see how efficient they are compared to better looking old cars.

All about performance now. Need to work like a machine and maximise efficiency. Terms like raw, style, passion are outdated and dehaati.